#C48E36#C48E36

#C48E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48E36
RGB	rgb(196, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 12.13, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 54.19, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0294 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.121 76)
XYZ	xyz(33.1060, 31.3507, 7.7970)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48E36 #366CC4

analogous

#C44736 #C48E36 #B3C436

triadic

#C48E36 #36C48E #8E36C4

tetradic

#C48E36 #36C447 #366CC4 #C436B3

square

#C48E36 #36C447 #366CC4 #C436B3

split-complementary

#C48E36 #36B3C4 #4736C4

monochromatic

#64481C #946B29 #C48E36 #D4A963 #E1C493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C48E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C48E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48E36

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48E36	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae72',
    500: '#c48e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48e36;
$custom-light: #daae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.31348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48E36

secondary

#89A3CC

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48E36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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